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Microsoft Will Try Out Blog Service In Japan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-there-any-more-annoying-word-than-blog dept.

theodp writes "Signaling its growing awareness of blogging as both a potential threat and a new business opportunity, Microsoft is turning to Japan to launch its first blog service and aims to have 1 million users in the first year. Not surprisingly, Microsoft's offering targets mobile bloggers, since nearly 90 percent of Japan's cell phones have Internet capability."

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  1. Blog Service? by AnonymousKev · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Okay, I'll confess ignorance. I have two questions about this new Microsoft service.
    1) How is a Blog Service any different from Slashdot journals?
    2) Why would people pay money to Microsoft to post comments and short, misspelled paragraphs about their lives?

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